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This collection of poems has a subject matter ranging from the gustatory pleasures of osso buco to an analysis of the handwriting of Keats; from the art form of the calendar pinup to blues music.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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I first came across "lines lost among trees" in the Best of American Poetry 97. Next was The Art of Drowning. I feel Collins' presence in each of his poems; he writes himself into every one of them. He relates to his readers in a casual, informal way, not at all stuffy like the great predecessors of English poetry. He makes poems out of even the most hum-drum things of our daily lives, and crafts them in so delicate a way that they become fresh and alive. Collins himself is a very lively and affable person; I've had the opportunity to meet him. Picnic, Lightning however, was a bit of a disappointment; it couldn't top the ingenuity of The Art of Drowning. As for his earlier works...if only I could get my hands on them! They are all out-of-print. Billy Collins is not like other poets. He puts on no airs; he's the real thing.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Billy Collins' latest, 'Picnic, Lightning' is an inspiring string of pearls. Each poem, a lustrous contrast of imagination within reality. As in 'Aristotle',
a streak of light in the sky, a hat on a peg, and outside the cabin, falling leaves.
Collins wrecklessly selects objects that evoke both sullen and inspiring emotions. His talent resides not only in his choice of images but also in his ability to gather them into a lucid believable form, as in 'After the Storm':
Soft yellow-gray light of early morning, butter and wool, the two bedroom windows still beaded and streaked with rain.
Butter and wool, one can just feel the morning come, the rain gently falling, the mood clearly laid out. This is the excellence that presides over this collection.
Buy it, sit with it, let it permeate your senses. You will be a changed person for having read it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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John Updike says of Billy Collins' poems, "...they describe all the worlds that are and were and some others besides." The poems in this book picked me up and carried me, covered with gooseflesh, through these worlds. The subject matter is the everyday, the invisible behind the visible, the thin shadow of the world obscuring reality. To say that I liked this book is too weak a statement -- say that this book is now a part of me.
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Non-rhyming poetry beautifully rhythmic.
This man's poetry is really amazing. I always wondered what people got out of reading poetry. Now I know. Of course, ordering it from Amazon was so simple. Read more
Published on 9 Oct 2010 by tzhn
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Always enchanting and very thrilling!!
Collin's verses are enchanting and thrilling. They can take up banalities and profound matters in an exquisite manner. Read more
Published on 13 Aug 2010 by D. Lynn
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